Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Ernest LehmanCinematography:
Joseph RuttenbergComposer:
Bronislau KaperCast:
Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo, Harold J. Stone, Joseph Buloff, Sammy White, Robert P. Lieb, Theodore Newton (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Rocky Graziano is building a career in crime, when he's finally caught and arrested. In jail, he is undisciplined, always getting into trouble. When he gets out after many years he has decided to start a new life. However, he is immediately drafted to the army. But they can't keep him and he goes AWOL. Rocky discovers boxing as a way of earning quick money, and is discovered as a new talent. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Paul Newman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/850/162850585_18d8c6.jpg)
Paul Newman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy et le Kid (1969)
![Pier Angeli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281039_5baf65.jpg)
Pier Angeli
Italy
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
![Everett Sloane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444342_f27f22.jpg)
Everett Sloane
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Eileen Heckart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390346_6be9c9.jpg)
Eileen Heckart
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Hiding Place (1975)
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
![Sal Mineo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/575/164575648_0929b7.png)
Sal Mineo
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Longest Day (1962)
Giant (1956)
![Harold J. Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444358_3bd86a.jpg)
Harold J. Stone
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)
![Joseph Buloff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/015/161015340_4155ad.jpg)
Joseph Buloff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Reds (1981)
Silk Stockings (1957)
Sammy White
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Show Boat (1936)
![Robert P. Lieb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/788/161788126_e58e39.png)
Robert P. Lieb
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
![Theodore Newton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/788/161788128_de7831.gif)
Theodore Newton
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
![Robert Loggia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267572_60b5c9.jpg)
Robert Loggia
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Lost Highway (1997)
Angela Cartwright
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
High School U.S.A. (1983) (TV movie)
![Steve McQueen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268052_806e3e.jpg)
Steve McQueen
USA
Best movies:
Les Sept Mercenaires (1960)
Papillon (1973)
The Great Escape (1963)
![Dean Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280903_c1a7ae.jpg)
Dean Jones
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
![Len Lesser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886833_b02417.jpg)
Len Lesser
USA
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Jinx Falkenburg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312482_1b7144.jpg)
Jinx Falkenburg
Spain
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Cover Girl (1944)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
![John Eldredge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319218_3f228a.jpg)
John Eldredge
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Black Cat (1941)
![Ray Danton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901317_4cbd31.jpg)
Ray Danton
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Longest Day (1962)
![Ray Walker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/111/158111739_439ddc.jpg)
Ray Walker
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Started with Eve (1941)
![William Boyett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000042_779260.jpg)
William Boyett
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Airport (1970)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)